Newcastle United's team badge FC Barcelona's team badge

Newcastle United v FC Barcelona : Champions League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 18th Sep, 20:00 BST, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

the St. James' Park is the setting on Thursday night, as Eddie Howe's Newcastle United welcome Hans-Dieter Flick's FC Barcelona in the Champions League. Stats drive the algorithmic predictions below for seventeen markets, and flipping between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and a whole lot more besides. The best odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.


Want to know who’s consistently beating the odds? Check out the Top Champions League Tipsters and see the most profitable experts for this season!

If you’re keen on betting across various leagues and markets, our Live Bets page showcases active accumulator bets and real-time tips.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This Champions League clash, with Newcastle and Barcelona going head-to-head, offers great potential in the highly popular under 2.5 goals market, with at least 3 goals predicted to be scored in total. Attackers on both sides will look to come out on the front foot and, having analysed the relevant statistics and odds, we're confident that a bet on over 2.5 goals is the one to go for.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Newcastle
29%
12/523/10
Draw
22%
11/429/10
Barcelona
49%
19/201/1
Draw 1-1
9%
7/17/1
Barcelona 2-1
9%
8/115/2
Newcastle 2-1
7%
12/110/1
Draw 2-2
7%
10/110/1
Barcelona 1-0
6%
12/110/1
Barcelona 2-0
6%
12/111/1
Barcelona 3-1
6%
12/111/1
Newcastle 1-0
5%
16/112/1
Barcelona 3-2
4%
18/114/1
Barcelona 3-0
4%
18/116/1
Newcastle 2-0
3%
20/116/1
Newcastle 3-1
3%
22/118/1
Newcastle 3-2
3%
22/118/1
Draw 0-0
3%
20/114/1
Barcelona 4-1
3%
25/120/1
Over 2.5 Goals
67%
1/24/9
Under 2.5 Goals
33%
13/88/5
Home 1st Goal
46%
11/106/5
Away 1st Goal
52%
4/67/10
No 1st Goal
2%
20/114/1
BTTS - Yes
67%
4/94/9
BTTS - No
33%
13/813/8
BTTS - Home Win
19%
4/118/5
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/310/3
BTTS - Away Win
30%
11/521/10
Home/draw
51%
4/54/5
Away/draw
71%
3/101/3
Home/away
78%
1/41/4
Over 1.5 Goals
86%
1/72/15
Under 1.5 Goals
14%
9/217/4
Over 3.5 Goals
46%
11/1011/10
Under 3.5 Goals
54%
8/114/6
Over 4.5 Goals
27%
11/412/5
Under 4.5 Goals
73%
2/72/7
Over 5.5 Goals
14%
11/25/1
Under 5.5 Goals
86%
1/91/9
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/401/80
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
16/114/1
Home DNB
44%
6/429/20
Away DNB
64%
1/21/2
Newcastle win to nil
11%
7/1-
Barcelona win to nil
19%
7/2-
Newcastle / Newcastle
15%
9/24/1
Newcastle / Barcelona
4%
18/116/1
Newcastle / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Newcastle
10%
7/113/2
Draw / Barcelona
15%
9/217/4
Draw / Draw
12%
6/15/1
Barcelona / Newcastle
4%
22/120/1
Barcelona / Barcelona
26%
21/102/1
Barcelona / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Match Predictor Pro
Your ultimate betting assistant
Try it now
Win / draw / win Champions League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Newcastle
Barcelona
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Man City000000 
-
-
-
-
2
Real Madrid000000 
-
-
-
-
3
Bayern000000 
-
-
-
-
4
Liverpool000000 
-
-
-
-
5
PSG000000 
-
Jan 28
Oct 1
-
6
Chelsea000000 
-
-
-
Nov 25
7
Inter000000 
-
-
-
-
8
Dortmund000000 
-
-
-
-
9
Leverkusen000000 
-
Dec 10
-
-
10
Barcelona000000 
Sep 18
-
-
-
11
A.Madrid000000 
-
-
-
-
12
Benfica000000 
Oct 21
-
-
-
13
Villarreal000000 
-
-
-
-
14
Arsenal000000 
-
-
-
-
15
Atalanta000000 
-
-
-
-
16
Juventus000000 
-
-
-
-
17
Brugge000000 
-
-
-
Nov 5
18
PSV000000 
Jan 21
-
-
-
19
E.Frankfurt000000 
-
-
Dec 9
-
20
Ajax000000 
-
-
-
-
21
Napoli000000 
-
-
-
-
22
S. Lisbon000000 
-
-
-
-
23
Slavia000000 
-
-
-
Jan 21
24
Spurs000000 
-
-
-
-
25
Marseille000000 
-
Nov 25
-
-
26
Olympiakos000000 
-
-
Oct 21
-
27
Kobenhavn000000 
-
-
Jan 28
-
28
Monaco000000 
-
-
-
-
29
Bodø000000 
-
-
-
-
30
Galatasaray000000 
-
-
-
-
31
Union SG000000 
-
Oct 1
-
-
32
Qarabag000000 
-
-
-
-
33
Newcastle000000 
-
-
-
Sep 18
34
A.Bilbao000000 
Nov 5
-
-
-
35
Paphos000000 
-
-
-
-
36
Kairat Almaty000000 
-
-
-
-
Next round
Play Off
Win / draw / win form
Newcastle
15 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
10
Games: Scored
12 / 15
Conceded
8 / 15
Clean sheets
7 / 15
Failed to score
3 / 15
Won
9
Draw
4
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newcastle1 - 2Milan
Newcastle0 - 1Dortmund
Newcastle4 - 1PSG
Newcastle1 - 1Benfica
Newcastle1 - 0Anzhi Mak
Newcastle0 - 0Metalist
Newcastle1 - 1Maratimo
Newcastle1 - 0Brugge
Newcastle3 - 0Bordeaux
Newcastle4 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Newcastle1 - 0Z.Waregem
Newcastle2 - 1Celta
Newcastle1 - 0Fenerbahce
Newcastle2 - 1Levadia
Newcastle0 - 0Ventspils
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNewcastle1 - 2Milan
ANewcastle1 - 1PSG
ANewcastle0 - 2Dortmund
HNewcastle0 - 1Dortmund
HNewcastle4 - 1PSG
ANewcastle0 - 0Milan
HNewcastle1 - 1Benfica
ANewcastle1 - 3Benfica
HNewcastle1 - 0Anzhi Mak
ANewcastle0 - 0Anzhi Mak
ANewcastle1 - 0Metalist
HNewcastle0 - 0Metalist
ANewcastle0 - 2Bordeaux
HNewcastle1 - 1Maratimo
ANewcastle2 - 2Brugge
HNewcastle1 - 0Brugge
HNewcastle3 - 0Bordeaux
ANewcastle0 - 0Maratimo
ANewcastle0 - 2AZ Alkmaar
HNewcastle4 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Barcelona
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Inter3 - 3Barcelona
Dortmund3 - 1Barcelona
Benfica0 - 1Barcelona
Benfica4 - 5Barcelona
Dortmund2 - 3Barcelona
Red Star Bel.2 - 5Barcelona
Monaco2 - 1Barcelona
PSG2 - 3Barcelona
Napoli1 - 1Barcelona
Antwerp3 - 2Barcelona
Shakhtar1 - 0Barcelona
Porto0 - 1Barcelona
Man Utd2 - 1Barcelona
Plzen2 - 4Barcelona
Inter1 - 0Barcelona
Bayern2 - 0Barcelona
E.Frankfurt1 - 1Barcelona
Galatasaray1 - 2Barcelona
Napoli2 - 4Barcelona
Bayern3 - 0Barcelona
Goals: Scored
55
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarcelona3 - 3Inter
HBarcelona3 - 3Inter
ABarcelona1 - 3Dortmund
HBarcelona4 - 0Dortmund
HBarcelona3 - 1Benfica
ABarcelona1 - 0Benfica
HBarcelona2 - 2Atalanta
ABarcelona5 - 4Benfica
ABarcelona3 - 2Dortmund
HBarcelona3 - 0Brest
ABarcelona5 - 2Red Star Bel.
HBarcelona4 - 1Bayern
HBarcelona5 - 0Young Boys
ABarcelona1 - 2Monaco
HBarcelona1 - 4PSG
ABarcelona3 - 2PSG
HBarcelona3 - 1Napoli
ABarcelona1 - 1Napoli
ABarcelona2 - 3Antwerp
HBarcelona2 - 1Porto
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is decent for FC Barcelona in their meeting with Newcastle United, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 52 consecutive Champions League outings.

Newcastle Barcelona
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
2.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
34%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Newcastle will score 1 or more goals
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Barcelona will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
15 home / away league games
=0
Newcastle’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-1
Barcelona’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Champions League - 2025/2025 season
Newcastle
PG (predicted goals)
Barcelona
1.5
2
Attack rating
NEW
BCN
29%
better
view stats
Games scored14
19
Failed to score6
0
Scored first9
12
Goals scored34
47
Avg. goals scored1.7
2.4
Avg. shots per game10
14
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for18
17
Avg. XG for1.8
2.3
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
NEW
BCN
5%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
11
Clean sheets7
8
Conceded first9
7
Goals conceded25
25
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against17%
20%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+5%

The line-ups for the Champions League match between Newcastle v Barcelona will show here when available.

Newcastle Champions League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Pope  GLK
-
J Ruddy GLK
-
A Ramsdale GLK
-
M Gillespie GLK
-
H Ashby DEF
-
A. Murphy DEF
-
L Hall DEF
-
M Thiaw DEF
-
T Livramento  DEF
-
D Burn DEF
-
S Botman DEF
-
K Trippier DEF
-
E Krafth DEF
-
F Schär DEF
-
J Lascelles DEF
-
J Willock MID
-
S Tonali MID
-
Joelinton MID
-
L Miley MID
-
B Guimarães MID
-
J Ramsey MID
-
Y Wissa FWD
-
N Woltemade FWD
-
A Gordon FWD
-
J Murphy FWD
-
W Osula FWD
-
H Barnes FWD
-
A Elanga FWD
-
Barcelona Champions League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J García GLK
-
M Stegen GLK
-
W Szczęsny GLK
-
E García DEF
-
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF
-
A Balde DEF
-
A Christensen DEF
-
J Koundé DEF
-
G. Martín Langreo DEF
-
R Araújo DEF
-
M Torras MID
-
Pedri MID
-
Gavi MID
-
F. Lopez Marin MID
-
M. Bernal Casas MID
-
F Jong MID
-
D Olmo MID
-
R Bardghji FWD
-
L Yamal FWD
-
Raphinha FWD
-
F Torres FWD
-
R Lewandowski  FWD
-
M Rashford FWD
-